City plans beautification program committee

Alamogordo Daily NewsBy John Bear, Staff Writer

Posted:
01/17/2013 10:25:07 PM MST

The Alamogordo City Commission will form a committee to help implement a White Sands Boulevard beautification program, but tabled a related incentive program until the committee returns with recommendations.

Mayor Susie Galea said all seven commissioners will be able to nominate a member and the commission should enact the committee at its regular meeting next week.

District 3 and 6 commissioners Robert Rentschler and Jim Talbert voted against measure.

Last week, the commission also tabled another measure that would have established a beautification incentive program. The program would include possible property tax rebates to participants, which they would be able to collect upon for five years.

A city agenda report states the committee will have four objectives, including defining the terms of beautification and what is needed to collect a tax rebate.

The committee will also be tasked with restoring, preserving and enhancing the beauty of White Sands Boulevard, encourage participation in activities related to beautification and improvement of the street, and suggest "anti-blight" and litter projects to the city commission, records show.

The commission voted unanimously to table two other measures, one that would have directed city staff to work on an initiative with the planning and zoning commission to develop, redevelop and re-use neighborhood centers. The other would have implemented a "sustainable city centers initiative" and an "uptown sustainable city development incentive.

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Galea said the two tabled measures will be brought back before the commission in February following a public meeting by the planning and zoning commission related to a similar program it is currently working on.

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